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Wakefield Council
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70
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
121
appeals registered, 2025 (official DfE figure)
Data available. At least one Freedom of Information response gives real, extractable figures on tribunal appeals or outcomes for this council.
Estimated outcome breakdown
Estimated, not reported
Resolved before hearing — 88 (72.7%)
Contested, council lost — 22 (18.2%)
Contested, council won — 6 (5%)
Partially split — 5 (4.1%)
This council's own answer doesn't give a usable outcome breakdown. This estimate applies the pooled England-wide outcome rate (no regional sample was large enough to trust on its own) to this council's own real, officially-published appeal volume for 2025 (121 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically | 7 | — |
By decision type — 2024
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically | 13 | — |
By decision type — 2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically | 14 | — |
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
Q8 'SEND Tribunal appeals and concessions': (a) total appeals registered against the authority at First-tier Tribunal (SEND): 2023 - 38, 2024 - 111, 2025 - 107. (b) appeals conceded by the authority before final hearing: 2023 - 16, 2024 - 96, 2025 - 82. Q2 (refusal-to-assess challenge outcomes): (a) challenged through statutory mediation: 2023 - 29, 2024 - 98, 2025 - 129. (b) challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically: 2023 - 7, 2024 - 13, 2025 - 14. (c) of (a)+(b), number where authority changed position and agreed to assess: 2023 - 18, 2024 - 107, 2025 - 112. (d) average time between refusal decision and decision to proceed with assessment, in days: 2023 - 103, 2024 - 127, 2025 - 146.
Caveat: Q2(a) mediation figures (29/98/129) are included as context alongside the Tribunal-relevant Q2(b)/(c) figures but are not themselves Tribunal appeals. Q6 (SEND corporate complaints) and Q7 (LGSCO decisions) were refused via Section 21 (reasonably accessible elsewhere - council's published annual complaints report and the LGSCO website) and Section 22 (intended for future publication) exemptions; not pursued here as out of scope (not tribunal-appeal data).